Passenger service unit, passenger service channel and means of transport

Abstract

The invention relates in particular to a passenger service unit 1 for aircraft cabins. The passenger service unit 1 comprises a plurality of service functions implemented on the basis of functional electronic units. The functional electronic units are accommodated without cabling on a common circuit board 3.

1 . Passenger service unit for cabins of means of transport, in particular for aircraft cabins, comprising a plurality of service functions implemented on the basis of functional electronic units, the functional electronic units being accommodated essentially without cabling on a common circuit board. 
     
     
         2 . Passenger service unit according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the functional unit is selected from the group: selection unit, illumination unit, display unit, acoustic unit, sensor unit, control unit. 
     
     
         3 . Passenger service unit according to  claim 2 , wherein the selection unit comprises at least one selection field fitted on the circuit board and/or at least one selection field which can be connected cablelessly to a selection interface fitted on the circuit board, the selection field comprising at least one switching element which operates mechanically, touch-sensitively and/or touchlessly. 
     
     
         4 . Passenger service unit according to  claim 2 , wherein the illumination unit comprises at least one illumination light source fitted preferably in a fixed fashion on the circuit board. 
     
     
         5 . Passenger service unit according to  claim 4 , wherein said illumination light source is a luminescent light source. 
     
     
         6 . Passenger service unit according to  claim 5 , wherein said luminescent light source is an electroluminescent light source. 
     
     
         7 . Passenger service unit according to  claim 6 , wherein said electroluminescent light source is an LED or OLED. 
     
     
         8 . Passenger service unit according to  claim 2 , wherein the display unit comprises at least one display field fitted on the circuit board, a display field which can be connected cablelessly to a display interface arranged on the circuit board and/or at least one projection display field which can be back-lit by a projection light source fitted on the circuit board. 
     
     
         9 . Passenger service unit according to  claim 2 , wherein the acoustic unit comprises at least one loudspeaker module fitted on the circuit board and/or at least one loudspeaker module which can be connected cablelessly to a loudspeaker interface arranged on the circuit board. 
     
     
         10 . Passenger service unit according to  claim 2 , wherein the sensor unit comprises at least one sensor module fitted on the circuit board and/or at least one sensor module which can be connected cablelessly to a sensor interface fitted on the circuit board, the sensor module or modules being in particular formed and adapted to acquire passenger- and/or environment-specific parameters. 
     
     
         11 . Passenger service unit according to  claim 4 , furthermore comprising at least one optical unit respectively having at least one optical element preferably fitted in a fixed fashion, the optical unit being placed after at least one of the illumination light sources and being formed and adapted so that light emerging from the illumination light source can be directed onto a predetermined illumination region in the cabin. 
     
     
         12 . Passenger service unit according to  claim 11 , wherein the optical unit comprises a lens system comprising a plurality of lenses arranged mutually offset. 
     
     
         13 . Passenger service unit according to  claim 12 , wherein said plurality of lenses comprises two lenses. 
     
     
         14 . Passenger service unit according to  claim 8 , further comprising an adjustment device for modification, of the position and/or alignment of the at least one optical element in such a way that the illumination region and/or the illumination in the respective illumination region can be adapted. 
     
     
         15 . Passenger service unit according to  claim 14 , wherein said adjustment device for modification is an adjustment device for automatic or manual modification. 
     
     
         16 . Passenger service unit according  claim 8 , wherein the optical unit has a length of about 30 mm or less, and wherein a light exit face, preferably with position and orientation set in a fixed fashion, is provided for the illumination unit, the length and/or width dimension of which face is about 18 mm or more. 
     
     
         17 . Passenger service unit according to  claim 16 , wherein the optical unit has a length of about 25 mm or less. 
     
     
         18 . Passenger service unit according to  claim 16 , wherein the optical unit has a length of about 20 mm or less. 
     
     
         19 . Passenger service unit according to  claim 8 , wherein the illumination light source is formed so that its brightness, luminous intensity, luminous flux, colour, spectrum and/or spatial emission characteristic can be varied as a function of parameters determined by the sensor unit and/or input via the selection unit. 
     
     
         20 . Passenger service unit according to  claim 19 , wherein the brightness, luminous intensity, luminous flux, color, spectrum and/or spatial emission characteristic of the illumination light source is varied. 
     
     
         21 . Passenger service unit according to  claim 1 , further comprising a cover which is placed on the cabin side for its designated use and fitted in front of the circuit board, to which the circuit board is connected preferably releasably, preferably by means of a latch connection. 
     
     
         22 . Passenger service unit according to  claim 21 , wherein the cover comprises fastening structures for fastening the selection field, the display field, the loudspeaker module, the sensor module and/or the optical unit, in particular the lens system, in such a way that the respective fields or modules are automatically connected to corresponding interfaces of the circuit board when the circuit board is mounted on the cover. 
     
     
         23 . Passenger service channel, comprising at least one passenger service unit according to  claim 1 , which is fitted on it, preferably releasably, and is freely positionable in the longitudinal direction of the passenger service channel, wherein the passenger service channel is formed and adapted so that an on-board electrical system interface of the circuit board is automatically connected to a corresponding on-board electrical system interface of the means of transport when the circuit board is mounted on the passenger service channel. 
     
     
         24 . Means of transport, in particular aircraft, comprising at least one passenger service unit according to  claim 1  and/or at least one passenger service channel comprising at least one passenger service unit according to  claim 1 , which is fitted on it, preferably releasably, and is freely positionable in the longitudinal direction of the passenger service channel, wherein the passenger service channel is formed and adapted so that an on-board electrical system interface of the circuit board is automatically connected to a corresponding on-board electrical system interface of the means of transport when the circuit board is mounted on the passenger service channel.